Bill Text: IL SR1565 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Carole E. Sharp.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1565 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SR1565-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Carole E. Sharp of Staunton, who passed
away on July 20, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Carole Sharp was born in Osage, Iowa to Rosemarie
(Wenninger) Elbert and Donald G. Elbert on November 15, 1947;
she completed her high school education at the International
School of Kuwait; she studied abroad at the American College in
Paris, France and at the Beirut College for Women in Lebanon;
she graduated from the University of Iowa; she married John F.
Sharp at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Iowa City, Iowa on
April 6, 1974; and
WHEREAS, Carole Sharp taught German at Civic Memorial High
School in Bethalto in the early 1970s; alongside her husband,
she co-owned Party all the Time in Alton during the 1990s; she
got involved in real estate in 2001, and she became a member of
a sales associate team with her husband; together, they became
part-owners of Coldwell Banker Neuhaus Real Estate in Staunton;
and
WHEREAS, Carole Sharp began volunteering at the Staunton
Food Pantry in 1997, beginning a chapter of her life that would
result in 20 years of dedicated service to her community; she

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raised awareness about hunger in the community and the
importance of the pantry through writing articles each week in
the Staunton Star-Times and Kwik Konnection, handwriting thank
you notes to every donor, and helping coordinate donation
drives; she became the pantry's director in 2001; under her
leadership, she assembled a team of volunteers who helped
oversee its tremendous growth, and the pantry went from feeding
15 families per month to as many as 60 families per month by
the mid-2000s; within her first four years of running the
pantry, she helped feed 10,000 people; she retired from the
Staunton Food Pantry on December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Carole Sharp received a number of accolades for
her service to her community; she was nationally recognized by
Realtor Magazine in 2005, which awarded her with one of its
five "Good Neighbor" awards, an award given to realtors who
make an extraordinary difference to their community, nation, or
the world through volunteer work; she was then honored during
the National Realtors Conference in San Francisco, California;
she was named Staunton Chamber of Commerce's "Citizen of the
Year" in 2007; and
WHEREAS, Carole Sharp was lovingly known as "Maw Maw" by
her five grandchildren; she will be missed; and
WHEREAS, Carole Sharp was preceded in death by her parents

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and her stepmother, Phyllis Elbert; and
WHEREAS, Carole Sharp is survived by her husband; her
children, John (Margaret Jayne) Sharp, Jim (Lisa) Sharp, and
Annmarie (Rudy) Angel; her grandchildren, Ethan Sharp, Jace
Sharp, Colton Sharp, Lila Sharp, and Brianna Angel; her
brother, Donald Elbert Jr. (Myrene); and her sister, Anne
Fratzke; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Carole E. Sharp and extend our sincere condolences to her
family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Carole Sharp as an expression of our
deepest sympathy.